. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . JAMES BLACK, SECOND JAMES R. HUTCHINSON, SECOND LIEUTENANT. COMPANY HISTORY. 45 that city in the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1874. He removed tothe West about 1886, and his present whereabouts are unknown. CAPTAIN WILLIAM OTTO. William Otto, Company As second captain, was born in Germany in182S, and came over to this country when a young man. He enlistedin the regular army and served ten years on the western plains. Shortlybefore the war he lef
. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . JAMES BLACK, SECOND JAMES R. HUTCHINSON, SECOND LIEUTENANT. COMPANY HISTORY. 45 that city in the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1874. He removed tothe West about 1886, and his present whereabouts are unknown. CAPTAIN WILLIAM OTTO. William Otto, Company As second captain, was born in Germany in182S, and came over to this country when a young man. He enlistedin the regular army and served ten years on the western plains. Shortlybefore the war he left the army and accepted a position as first mate onan Ohio river steamer. While his boat was lying at the l^ittsburgh wharf,Fort Sumpter was fired upon, which aroused the old martial spirit in himand he enlisted in Cap. Hayes company. On account of his army ex-perience and knowledge of tactics, he was elected orderly sergeant. Hewas an excellent drill master and a brave officer, and upon the resigna-tion of Cap. Hayes, he was commissioned captain and served as suchuntil March 13, 1862, when, owing to a misunderstanding with a superiorofficer, he tendered his res
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